Anaya sits comfortably in the UK charts at #86 in 2025 — recognisable but not overwhelming. Your child may occasionally share their name.
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UK Rank 2025
#86
US Rank #336
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About the Name Anaya
2024 marks Anaya's peak year in UK records so far, sitting at UK #110. It has been building momentum steadily rather than spiking suddenly. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Anaya is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Anaya on the register.
In the US it sits at #405 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
⭐ Famous People Named Anaya
Ricardo Anaya — Ricardo Anaya Cortés is a Mexican lawyer and politician, serving as a senator since 2024.
José Antonio González Anaya — José Antonio González Anaya is a Mexican economist who was the minister of finance and public credit of Mexico until November 30, 2018.
Elena Anaya — Elena Anaya Gutiérrez is a Spanish actress.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Anaya
Unlikely. With around 535 UK babies named Anaya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Anaya in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Anaya is at its highest recorded position — #86 in 2025, with 535 births. In 2020 it ranked #130.
Anaya is more popular in the UK (#110) than in the US (#405). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Anaya include: Ricardo Anaya, José Antonio González Anaya and Elena Anaya. Short summaries for each appear below.
Anaya appears in the US top 500 at #405 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
535
UK babies named Anaya (2025)
~0.0
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.2
In a school of 600
↑ 44 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Anaya
Almost certainly the only Anaya in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Anaya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Américo Villarreal Anaya is a Mexican cardiologist and politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement and the current Governor of Tamaulipas.
Ignacio Anaya García was a Mexican maître d'hotel who invented the popular Tex-Mex dish nachos at the Victory Club restaurant a couple miles from the border of Texas in Mexico in 1943.
General Anaya may refer to: Pedro María de Anaya, military officer and two-time interim president of Mexico General Anaya (former administrative division), a former delegación of the Mexican Federal District.